Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Foma's home page is at http://www.foma.cz/ I buy mine from www.fotoimpex.de They also sell Efke and a couple of interesting papers. Some of the website is in English but the PDF catalog is in German. Its pretty easy to figure out. They readily answer questions by email. I have shot a lot of the Foma 400. Its an old technology film, some say like Super-XX. Its a little grainier than other 400 films. I just shot some of the 200. That is the T-grain stuff that got Kodak's goat. I was really impressed with the quality. Really nice tones and moderately fine grain. I shot a little of the 100 when I was in Europe, but I have a lot to print from that trip and have only printed one or two from that roll. Fotoimpex sells a paper that I like a lot called "Classic Warmtone" I have heard its Forte paper. The "Chamois" finish of this paper has an ivory toned base and to me looks a lot like the late lamented Portriga Rapid. Mike D Stuart Phillips wrote: > BTW - do you have an address/web page? Do they make 120 as well? > Thanks in advance > > Stuart Phillips > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Durling [mailto:durling@widomaker.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 8:21 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Who in the world makes (coats) B&W Film (was > Deardorf) > > Fomapan is made by Foma in Bohemia, Czech Republic. It has to be > mail-ordered from Germany and is very nice film. > > Mike D > > Stuart Phillips wrote: > >>Who makes Fomapan and Fortepan? Fomapan, which the rep in Minneapolis >>told me was blocked by a Kodak injunction (this is a couple of years >>ago)was a wonderful film. >> >>Stuart Phillips >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jonathan Borden [mailto:jborden@attbi.com] >>Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:32 PM >>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Who in the world makes (coats) B&W Film (was >>Deardorf) >> >> >> >> >>>As far as I have been told there aren t that many coating plants for >> >>B&W >>in >> >> >>>the world >>> >>>Kodak USA >>>Agfa Germany (Orowo former DDR now part of Agfa) >>>Efke Fotokemika Croatia (old DuPont films) >>>Svema The Ukraine >>>Solaris Ferrani 3M Imation Italy >>>Fuji Japan >>>Konica Japan >>>Tacma Russia (still around???) >>>Lucky China >>>Ilford England (only UK plant...Freestyle Arista is made in UK? Hmm?) >>> >>> >>>Any onw know of any others >> >> >>I assume Bergger. >> >>Jonathan >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html